A resemblance of relations; an agreement or likeness between things in some circumstances or effects, when the things are otherwise entirely different. Thus, learning enlightens the mind, because it is to the mind what light is to the eye, enabling it to discover things before hidden.

a partial similarity, as the computer is like the brain. a general comparability or likeness, as Your analogy of verbs as operators is useful. a vocabulary development game designed to elicit associations between a concept and students' background knowledge.

Reasoning by which the function of a novel gene or protein sequence may be deduced from comparisons with other gene or protein sequences of known function. Identifying analogous or homologous genes via similarity searching and alignment is one of the chief uses of Bioinformatics. (See also alignment, similarity search.)

6,7,8,9,10, 11,12 A method of explaining something unfamiliar by using a comparison of similar, more familiar things; a form of reasoning in which one thing is inferred to be similar to another thing in a certain respect, on the basis of the known similarity between the things in other respects (e.g., part to whole, synonym and antonym, degree or cause and effect).

That reasoning process whereby the mind concludes from the known characteristics of one thing or group of things to the unknown characteristics of another thing or group of things because of a recognized resemblance existing between them.

Agreement or similarity, especially in a limited number of instances; a comparison made to show such a similarity resemblance in some particulars; correspondence in function between anatomical parts of different structure and origin.

drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect; "the operation of a computer presents and interesting analogy to the working of the brain"; "the models show by analogy how matter is built up"

the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater; language can point in the right direction but any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate

A comparison of two things usually made by an author to show how something unfamiliar is like something widely known. example- "The dominant race is to be deprived of its superiority; nor is a tigress robbed of its cubs more furious than is the Boer at this prospect." Winston Churchill

A correspondence in 2 or more respects between otherwise dissimilar things. This thinking process is used in visual thinking to discriminate between productive and superficial bisociations. A form logical inference or an instance of it, based on the assumption that if two things are known to be alike in some respects, then they must be alike in other respects.

The word analogy comes from the early Greek roots ana + logos . Logos was the early Greek root for lots of related mental constructions such as word, speech, logic, and reason. An analogy refers to things that share a similar relation. Originally it was more of a mathematical term interchangeable with ratio or proportion; as in "2,4,8 is analogous to 3,6,12". Later this idea of similar relations was extended to things that shared a logical relationship. Analog clocks and computers are so named because they operate off mechanical objects (gears and pulleys) that transform motions in proportional movements.

looking at similarity in some respect between things that are otherwise dissimilar, an effective instructional approach for students to make connections between topics and/or comparing known with new information

refers to similar features of two things, on which a comparison may be based and which is formatted like an equation. Points of comparison may include synonyms, antonyms, parts of a whole, common attributes, and parts of speech.

An analogy is a type of extended comparison. Usually an analogy compares otherwise unlike things. For example, Florida is like California is not an analogy because they are both states, and pretty similar ones at that. Nobody would be surprised that they are alike. Further, an analogy is used to compare two things in a number of ways, not just one. "An essay is a lot like a person," would make a good analogy since they are quite different things but share a number of things in common. The purpose of an analogy is to encourage a reader to consider one thing in a way they probably hadn't considered it before.

A comparison of two things made to explain something unfamiliar through its similarities to something familiar, or to prove one point based on the acceptedness of another. Simile s and metaphor s are types of analogies. Analogies often take the form of an extended simile, as in William Blake's aphorism: "As the caterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys." (Compare with Simile and Metaphor.)

Common way of trying to understand CFS :"CFS is like your car battery has gone flat, and can't recharge.""CFS is like a Tamagotchi you have to look after, it is unbelievably demanding, no matter what you do it just gets worse, and when you think it's dead it starts again.""Coping with CFS is like learning to surf huge waves, and just when you think you can manage to stay upright, a whole lot of dumpers come along."

A figure of speech that compares, often in the form of a simile or metaphor. Often used in explanations, analogy expresses a correspondence, equivalence, or parallelism between two things due to an element that they share. Here's a funny analogy about kids' speaking habits: Her vocabulary was as bad as, you know, like, whatever.

is the comparison of two pairs which have the same relationship. The key is to ascertain the relationship between the first so you can choose the correct second pair. Part to whole, opposites, results of are types of relationships you should find. Example: In Huckleberry Finn, when Jim doesn't understand why in France people don't speak English, Huck compares it to the fact that cows cats don't talk the same.

In exposition, an analogy is usually a comparison where the unknown is explained in terms of the known, the unfamiliar in terms of the familiar. In argument, an analogy is a series of likenesses between two or more dissimilar things, demonstrating that they are similar.

Things that are inferred to have similarities without being directly alike. Advanced design uses analogies to relate things as yet unknown to those forms more familiar in order to convey conceptual ideas.

Analogy is both the cognitive process of transferring information from a particular subject (the analogue or source) to another particular subject (the target), and a linguistic expression corresponding to such a process. In a narrower sense, analogy is an inference or an argument from a particular to another particular, as opposed to deduction, induction, and abduction, where at least one of the premises or the conclusion is general. The word analogy can also refer to the relation between the source and the target themselves, which is often, though not necessarily, a similarity, as in the biological notion of analogy.

(a nal´ o jee) [Gr. analogia: resembling] • A resemblance in function, and often appearance as well, between two structures which is due to convergence in evolution rather than to common ancestry. (Contrast with homology.)

Resemblance in characteristics (e.g., body form, behavior) as a consequence of independent adaptation to the same or similar environmental conditions and not due to common ancestry; Related Terms: Homology

Two structures in biology are said to be analogous if they perform the same or similar function by a similar mechanism but evolved separately. Similar structures may have evolved through different pathways, a process known as convergent evolution, or may be homologous.

An irregular language change that reduces irregularity within a language by keeping the relationship between phonotactics, syntax, and semantics transparent, it is expressed mathematically in the form a:b = c:d. It occurs when the expected form is overgeneralized and applied in situations where an irregular form is the standard, thus the expected form gradually becomes the new standard.

Parallel development of a form. Analogy is particularly apparent when an irregular form regularizes, ie, develops in parallel with the regular ( productive) forms of the language, eg vencer now has the past participle vencido rather than the medieval vençudo. However, analogy can sometimes result in the irregularising of a regular form: andar has developed the irregular Preterite form anduve, presumably by analogy with other irregular Preterites in -u-e ( tuve, supe, etc).

Rule change in which speaker extends a rule to items not previously covered by it. Children often overgeneralize the past tense of know as "knowed" by analogy. This kind of overgeneralizing shows that "hypothesis-testing" rather than "imitation" is the principal form of language acquisition (Daniels 18). In the history of English, holp, the past tense of help, was replaced by helped by analogy. Ease of articulation or simplification is one cause of language change over time.

A cognitive process in which an example or schema is used to map a new solution for a similar problem. analysis phase First of the Instructional System Design phases (ADDIE). The purpose of this phase is to determine what the job holder must know or do on the job and to determine training needs. Also see front-end analysis

a car moving on a roundabout watching traffic move slowly on the outer lanes,as the faster car overtakes the slower moving cars on the outer lanes they appear to move backwards and then move forward again

a steam locomotive traveling down the tracks when the wind is blowing orthogonal to its motion - it will leave behind "puffs" of steam which are advected by the wind from the point where they were released

a similar character state present in two or more species of organisms that is derived from different characters in their common ancestor. The opposable digits of Pandas and humans are analogous as the Panda's digit is formed from bones in the wrist while the human's is formed from the first digit --analogous adj.